If The Democrats plan for the present and pushing for ICE reforms to implement Department of Homeland Security funding, they are also looking to the future.
ICE has been so reputationally damaged by what Trump has done that there is a widespread belief that it can never come back.
Right now, it’s important that Democrats and those trying to rein in ICE get the reforms they’re pushing for. Lives are at risk in American cities as long as ICE and Border Patrol are allowed to continue operating because they are above the law.
However, it is also important to keep the future in mind.
The United States will need something to enforce its immigration and customs laws.
At some point, likely as soon as November, Democrats will begin to take back power in the federal government. While Congress cannot fire Trump’s ICE agents on its own, Democrats almost universally agree that ICE must be torn down and rebuilt from scratch.
That rebuilding will not only entail a change in policy and leadership at both ICE and Homeland Security, but also getting rid of the unqualified people the Trump administration has hired to work for ICE.
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